China’s increasing influence in the Commonwealth of Nations
This report from UK think tank Civitas looks at China and a triad of trade, diplomacy, and military relations. The UK has a unique post-Brexit opportunity to re-engage with its Commonwealth partners, forge new and exciting trading relationships – and where it has already done so, to build and capitalise on these with new security...
The United Kingdom and the Pacific: Possible paths for active British engagement
This report from UK think tank the Henry Jackson Society looks at the United Kingdom and the Pacific. British interests in the Indo-Pacific have become increasingly threatened, through dangers to supply chains and displacement of British Nationals in the region. In turn, the UK’s Indo-Pacific tilt, as outlines in the Integrated Review, has led to...
Why still pro-Russia?
This report from UK think tank the Henry Jackson Society looks at making sense of Hungary's and Serbia's Russia stance. In this report, Professor Dr Marlene Laruelle and Dr Helena Ivanov investigate the level and underlying causes of pro-Russian sentiment in Serbia and Hungary. Both countries have been noted for their approach to Russia’s invasion...
Identity and influence
This report from UK think tank the Social Market Foundation looks at how the rule of law could strengthen British national identity and maintain UK soft power. This report from Social Market Foundation think-tank looks present steps to restabilising the rule of law in the UK, to strengthen internal unity and ensuring that it remains...
Could Russia’s reliance on Belarus be its soft underbelly?
This report from UK think tank RUSI looks at the political and defence ties between Belarus and Russia. Alongside Ukraine, Belarus has for centuries been a significant part of Russia’s own history, both as part of an ancestral empire and – in Russia’s perception – as an extension of Russia’s own security space. The political...
How should the Foreign Office change now?
This report from UK think tank the Institute for Government looks at how to ensure the FCO is capable of responding to the war in Ukraine and future crises. How should the Foreign Office change now? assesses the impact of a morale-damaging merger of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Department for International...
Brits abroad
This report from UK think tank the Adam Smith Institute looks at reforming the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office. The Adam Smith Institute’s latest discussion paper, written by Tim Ambler, proposes a number of reforms to improve the efficiency and value for money of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. This paper is part of...
The prospective foreign policy of Sir Keir Starmer
This report from UK think tank the Henry Jackson Society looks at the foreign policy strategy of Sir Keir in opposition, and how he might react to future crises. Sir Keir Starmer’s approach to foreign policy is “more assertive and more serious than that of any Labour leader since the general election of 2010 but still...
Global Britain in a divided world
This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at the ambitions of the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy. In the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy, published in March 2021, the UK government set out four strategic objectives for ‘Global Britain’. A year later, Russia’s invasion of...
What deters Russia
This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at the enduring principles for responding to Moscow. Russia continues to use a variety of state and non-state levers of power to cause harm to Western governments, societies and people. Driven by a perception that it is already in conflict with the West, Moscow has progressively...